Random Comics News Story Round-Up

* the writer Graeme McMillan suggests that the X-Men books tend to be writer-proof, in that it's hard for even a distinctive writer to make his voice heard through them. That would make Grant Morrison the exception that proves the rule, I guess, but I follow his meaning.

* Sean T. Collins got some new Bowie sketches at last weekend's MoCCA Festival, and he'd like to share them with you.

* Alan David Doane points to a Warren Ellis post about comics piracy.

* the creators of How To Read Nancy need your help.

* not comics: great catch by Alan Gardner that Matt Richtel of Rudy Park won a Pulitzer this week for his writing on distracted driving. Congratulations to Mr. Richtel and I hope he doesn't mind I posted this while driving the kids to school.

* I can't tell if the Ruby-Spears and Krofft producing teams working with old Jack Kirby design work thing is a fun story or the Saddest Story In The World. Couldn't tell you why, either.

* why does Paradise Island always have to be blown up by every other new writer for Wonder Woman? Islands are cool now, I watch a show about one every Tuesday at 8 PM.

* dig that Joe Palooka drawing at the bottom of Ham Fisher's stationery. (thanks, Devlin)

* the CBLDF has a new web site ready to go on-line?

* what if you worked your way through all of Diamond's Previews catalog, and could only find one book you wanted to buy?

* finally, the movie version of the Mark Milllar/John Romita Kick-Ass opens today. I've always thought the more controversial aspects of Mark Millar's work pretty silly, and obviously intentionally performed in order to continue to get himself over. Then again, he tends to have targets that don't resemble me so I can't speak to what that is like. Here's a pair of brief but critical pieces about Millar from two of the more prominent writers about comics on-line, David Brothers and Marc-Oliver Frisch.
 
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